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Film, Video Presidential Pets: Rebecca the Raccoon

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Title

  • Presidential Pets: Rebecca the Raccoon

Summary

  • Mississippi supporters of Calvin Coolidge sent him a live raccoon for Thanksgiving dinner in 1926. Instead, first lady Grace Coolidge named it Rebecca and made it a family pet. Rebecca ran loose in the White House and escaped several times. She was a hit with the press and young children. Library historian Margaret McAleer tells the story.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Manuscript Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2021-01-21.

Notes

  • -  Group name: Presidential Inauguration Series. 7
  • -  Margaret McAleer.
  • -  Recorded on 2021-01-21.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697347

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division. Presidential Pets: Rebecca the Raccoon. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-21, 2021. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697347/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division, S. B. (2021) Presidential Pets: Rebecca the Raccoon. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-21. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697347/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division. Presidential Pets: Rebecca the Raccoon. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-21, 2021. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697347/>.